badgenome said:
I was thinking about this earlier. Have there been any spree shooters who weren't on antipsychotic medication? If mental illness were so dangerous, I'd think we'd see a lot more instances of undiagnosed people breaking. Instead, it seems to be the opposite. |
I find it very suspicious that an increase in spree shooting and rise of antipsychotic medication use seem to correlate with each other. I believe it was around the 80s or 90s that more and more people started being prescribed these drugs. I believe we have more spree shootings than we ever had before. The only major spree shooting that I can remember before the 80s would be the UT Tower shooting. Obviously there were more than just that incident but I believe spree shootings have increased a lot since the 80s.
The finger pointing should be more towards these drugs than blaming video games, music, movies, etc...
